How To Install links2 on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install links2
on Kali Linux.
What is links2
links2 is:
Links is a graphics and text mode WWW browser, similar to Lynx. It displays tables, frames, downloads on background, uses HTTP/1.1 keepalive connections. In graphics mode it displays PNG, JPEG, GIF, TIFF, and XBM pictures, runs external bindings on other types, and features anti-aliased font, smooth image zooming, 48-bit dithering, and gamma and aspect ratio correction.
There are three methods to install links2
on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install links2 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install links2
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install links2
Install links2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install links2
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install links2
Install links2 Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install links2
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install links2
How To Uninstall links2 on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the links2
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove links2
Uninstall links2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall links2
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove links2
Remove links2 Configurations and Data
To remove links2
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge links2
Remove links2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove links2
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge links2
Dependencies
links2 have the following dependencies:
- libbrotli1
- libbz2-1.0
- libc6
- libcairo2
- libdirectfb-1.7-7
- libevent-2.1-7
- libfontconfig1
- libfreetype6
- libglib2.0-0
- libgomp1
- libgpm2
- libjpeg62-turbo
- liblz1
- liblzma5
- libpng16-16
- librsvg2-2
- libssl1.1
- libtiff5
- libx11-6
- libzstd1
- zlib1g
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install links2
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.